Plans submitted for 52 bed care home in Barwell

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An old farmhouse could be demolished to make way for a new 52-bedroom care home in Barwell.

Huncote-based building firm Skubala has submitted plans to bulldoze a three-storey property on Kirkby Road and replace it with a large residential care complex.

The developers were given permission to convert the building, on the former Glebe Farm, into a 35-bedroom home in 2009, but work never started.

In 2012 the firm lodged plans to build a 48-bedroom home but councillors turned it down, saying it looked like a “workhouse”.

In February 2016 Skubala asked for permission to extend the proposed home by a further 15 bedrooms, but the application was withdrawn.

The latest plans are to build a residential two-storey 52-bedroom home with en-suite facilities, amenity space and car parking for 25 vehicles.

A report supporting the application said the home would create 24 full-time and 12 part-time jobs.

It added: “There is an absolute need for this category of care within the area.

“Over the last few years Leicestershire County Council has closed down or sold off many care facilities, leaving an ever increasing void that needs filling.

“And set within this predominantly residential location, close to local amenities and public transport routes, for example, regular bus services, the site is in an ideal location for the proposed development, its residents, visitors and staff.”

The report added: “It is intended that the scale and massing of the proposal will be in keeping with the character of the immediate locality and that the proposal will not have any unacceptably detrimental impact upon the residential amenities of neighbouring properties or within the street scene.

“With the proposed care unit being situated around 50 to 100 metres from other buildings, there will be no overlooking or overbearing impact made to the existing residential street scene.”

The plans have not yet come before Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council’s planning committee.